State comparison · 2025
Economists salary: Delaware vs New York
Economists in Delaware earn a median of $159,120. In New York, $136,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.9% — not 16.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.4%
Delaware vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+25.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Economists
- Median
- $159,120
- p25
- $102,270
- p75
- $167,430
- p10
- $74,690
- p90
- $214,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
New York
Economists
- Median
- $136,660
- p25
- $104,420
- p75
- $224,990
- p10
- $82,130
- p90
- $292,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.